All Alternatives articles – Page 37
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Bonds, alternatives drive 12% return at DAX-listed company schemes
Liabilities on rise together with assets, consultancies warn
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IBM Germany pension fund makes first foray into private equity
Chairman cites uncertainty over implementation of AIFMD for delay
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Rising management costs see PPF consider in-house team
UK lifeboat fund expects management costs to rise by one-third as it pushes into alternative assets
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Santander pension fund closes in on £10bn after 18% return
UK scheme for banking group makes raft of property purchases, implements new hedge fund strategy
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Austria's fair-finance fund moves to decrease bond sensitivity
Country’s youngest Vorsorgekasse makes first forays into real estate, micro credit
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UK Railways Pension Scheme takes big strides in risk-factor equities
Dedicated team puts half of public equities in ‘smart beta’ strategies, with further moves on the agenda for 2015
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Ilmarinen boosts Chinese exposure, returns nearly 7%
Largest Finnish pensions mutual turns cashflow negative as baby-boomers retire
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AP1 on verge of first infrastructure investments
Swedish buffer fund posts 14.6% return for 2014, outperforming AP3 return of 13.7%
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Asset management roundup: FCA, NAPF, Natixis, DNCA, Man Group, NewSmith
UK’s FCA launches investigation of investment banking sector, to consider further review of asset management
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NewsIPE Views: Is there an alternative to alternatives?
Pete Drewienkiewicz on why investors should simply look at asset classes based on their investment goals and objectives
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OECD warns over ‘aggressive interpretation’ of bond covenants
Think tank notes divergent approaches between hedge fund, traditional bond investors requiring third-way approach on engagement
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Consultancy warns on risk naïvety in smart beta allocations
Towers Watson clients add $8bn in 2014 to smart beta strategies, but warns against inherent risks
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PGGM considers offloading hedge fund platform
Dutch asset manager approached by ‘number of interested parties’ over potential acquisition
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IPE Views: Hedge fund fees
IPE contributing editor Joseph Mariathasan explores whether hedge funds can justify their fees
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NewsGerman pension fund tenders €100m alternative strategies mandate
Corporate pension fund uses IPE-Quest to search for multi-strategy, absolute-return vehicle
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West Midlands ditches hedge funds to reach benchmark allocation
£10.1bn local government scheme to divest £200m from hedge fund partners
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EC offers pension funds further two-year clearing exemption
European Commission says lack of market infrastructure allowing pension funds to clear warrants further exemption
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Special Report
Special Report ESG: Carbon Risk, Accounting for carbon
To avoid putting garbage into the atmosphere, companies need to stop putting garbage into their accounts and investors need to stop putting garbage into their risk models. Elisabeth Jeffries finds a complex web of carbon disclosure protocols making that a big challenge
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Special Report ESG: Carbon Risk, Two tactics are better than one
As investors come under increasing pressure on fossil fuels, Gordon Noble and Matthew Kiernan urge them to remember that divestment without engagement is as futile as engagement without the threat of divestment
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Special Report ESG: Carbon Risk, Not a binary choice
Paul Younger draws attention to the irreplaceable role fossil fuels play in many industrial processes, as well as their importance for economic development, to suggest that divestment is not necessarily a responsible course of action
